Commandant-General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Ahmad Audi has ordered the reinstatement of officers attached to Shina Peller, a member of the house of representatives.
NSCDC withdrew the personnel attached to the lawmaker representing lseyin/ltesiwaju/ Kajola/lwajowa Federal Constituency in Oyo State on Wednesday February 2, just after he introduced a bill proposing to scrap the Corps and merge it with the Nigeria Police Force.
The proposed legislation was titled National Security And Civil Defence Corps (Repeal and Transition) Bill 2022, which passed the first reading on the floor of the House of Representatives on Tuesday.
But in a statement by Odumosu Olusola, director of public relations, the agency said the initial withdrawal of the security aides was unauthorised adding that the letter from the Oyo commandant was sent “without clearance”.
“The leadership of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has dismissed as unauthorised and without recourse to the Corps constituted authority, a letter signed and sent to a Member of the House of Representatives, Hon Shima Peller, informing him of the withdrawal of officials of the NSCDC assigned to him.
“Not only did the officer in question lacked(sic) the power to do such, he was also found to have acted on his whims without clearance.
“The Commandant General, Dr. Ahmed Abubakar Audi, mni, has therefore directed a reinstatement of the withdrawn officers with a compliment of necessary courtesies to the Honourable Member”.
The 2 February letter withdrawing the security aides emanated from Ibadan, in the Oyo State command.
It was signed by the head of administration, Sotito Igbalawole.
He said he was executing the order of the Commandant General and that the men were being deployed for urgent national security assignment.
